Turkey on Thursday accorded an official welcome to visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Presidential Complex in Ankara yesterday..

Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan received Dr Mahathir and his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali upon their arrival at the complex before the national anthems of Malaysia and Turkey were played.

Dr Mahathir began a four-day official visit to Turkey on Wednesday at the invitation of the Turkish President.